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Re: James Franco teams with gay art-porn director to remake gay film

I'm not so convinced. If he later comes out, I'll happily eat my words, but I think our own homosexuality makes us poor judges of it at times, as it just gets in the way when we try to be objective.

Mr. Franco may well simply be a revolutionary. He may be looking about, and able to reach outside himself to empathize with the plight of the gay man in the world today, and find it excellent fodder for his craft.

As much as I would love to have him be gay because of characters he plays, or even for that winning smile, I believe he is straight and has no reason to be closeted.

what if we find out something even worse... that he is Bisexual!! lol

I agree, it seems to me he has a person close to his life that is gay and he is moved to address the issue. If guys are defined sexually by the roles they take then Rock Hudson has some explaining to do.

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Re: James Franco teams with gay art-porn director to remake gay film

Originally Posted by BostonPirate

what if we find out something even worse... that he is Bisexual!! lol

I agree, it seems to me he has a person close to his life that is gay and he is moved to address the issue. If guys are defined sexually by the roles they take then Rock Hudson has some explaining to do.

no Rock Hudson was at a different day and age. he has no explaining to do.

Re: James Franco teams with gay art-porn director to remake gay film

I hope this movie is made quickly because the guy is almost as old as me. And I hope there is some real raunch because all my friends worked themselves into a lather of expectation over that stripper movie but none of them got a boner watching it.

Re: James Franco teams with gay art-porn director to remake gay film

I remember when I read these news for the first time, I had to re-read it again 'cause I was sure that I was reading what I wanted it to say..

Has anyone seen the original "Cruising"?

Originally Posted by RaKroma

His younger brother is 12x hotter than James. Too bad Dave doesn't want to be gay.

Funny, I feel the exact opposite. Dave is cute, but I don't find him at all as hot as James. He still looks to young imo. And I think that it's extremely sexy that he's so creative. I really applaud him for doing these small, independent projects as well, and not just big blockbusters.

this really pissed me off. i'm mad @ the fact that james franco could basically screw someone over at the fact that he fucked up and that a school would let someone famous dictate how things go. the only thing the professor did wrong was to not give him a F. the nerve of james franco to say that the reason he didn't show up to class was because dude was a bad teacher. are you serious? you should actually help that man out since you let your ego fuck him over. you should be happy that you got a D. it even pisses me off to see people actually defending franco and what he did. terrible. to jose santana. i support you and tip my hat off to you, man. next time, just throw the book at people like franco and don't feel the need to kiss their ass because of their status.

one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry

well, he should humble himself. i think it's funny he paid to have 14 acting classes from nyu and then turns around and acts all confident about his acting skills talking about he didn't need it in the first place. he obviously didn't think he was that good of an actor if he had to enroll in school for more acting lessons. he can say that the teacher is bad or whatever but it all points back towards him.

one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry

I generally like James. But he did say this:
"I've been in eight years of acting class. I didn't feel like I needed to waste my time with a bad teacher and that I should go and work with Danny Boyle. I felt like that was the right decision."

So he should have just withdrew from the class. And how could he have genuinely judged the teacher as being bad when he only showed up twice?

A successful person such as Franco should have just dropped it before this got to this point. He should have just quit the class and moved on with is busy life. If the teacher was really that bad, then it would have played out on its own without James stoking the fire.

We don't know the full story. Even though that professor is butthurt, it doesn't seem he has tenure. Which would mean to me he can be fired without cause. As for the remarks about his ability, it seems Mr. Franco was expressing his opinion on the teacher's ability. As such, I consider it protected speech.

Last edited by looseliam; September 8th, 2012 at 10:09 PM.

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Give a man religion, and he'll starve praying for a fish.

NYU like any other brand name university will bend over for famous people, children of notable faculty and of wealthy alumni/donors. The higher you are on the wealth and fame status, the less you have to perform academically. How do you think the Kennedy's managed to get into Ivy? Another angle into this, it's hard to assess when a professor is good or bad in many of the liberal fields. Like come on PhD in film making and drama?

that's what people usually do with "hot" guys. they'll actually sympathize with them even if they're dead wrong because they look good. the worst thing i've ever seen to this day was a racist, stone cold killer who's currently on death row having a bunch of women basically feeling sorry for him because they thought he looked good. despite him shooting someone in the face how many times in what was supposed to be a robbery, getting a life sentence, and then stabbing someone else to death 67 times because he was black, the guy still has a bunch of female supporters that actually can't seem to figure out that he's an animal that is dangerous to anybody he comes in contact with. it's scary seeing how people let looks make them think irrationally.

one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry

-first off, nyu didn't fire him for being a bad teacher. the reasons behind him getting terminated is unknown. some people think that it has something to do with james franco. supposedly, james franco took other classes, had the same lousy attendance record and passed with decent grades. let's not be biased here because it's james franco. why should he get a pass when there's students that bust their ass for their grades that are able to make class whether it's rain, sheet, or snow, coming from work and etc? i say this as a former student myself that showed up to class all the time and didn't miss a day unless i had to. if it's true that franco got decent grades in the rest of his classes while he didn't show up to almost all of them, i think nyu need to have it's accreditation under investigation for ethical reasons. no student is supposed to be bigger than the school where they run what's going on. it's not fair to all the other students that had to bust their ass and do what they do. who does james franco think he is?

-second, james franco is the one at fault here for taking a class he knew he wasn't going to be able to make. he also didn't need to insult the guy or nyu for that matter his poor choice. it's a shame that professor didn't give him a F. he deserved it. you do not get C's and up for only showing up to 2 classes. i would have asked him to drop the class out of respect if i was the teacher. i might have gave him a break if he did all the assignments in a timely manner or if he had a decent excuse behind why he couldn't show up to class. he still wouldn't pass though.

we need to stop allowing people to get away with murder. this is why celebrities act the way they do. we, the people that put them in the positions they are, inflate their egos too much where they think they're bigger than the next person. then they walk around thinking they can do whatever they want even if it means ruining people's livelihoods. this is why you had jay and beyonce shutting down a hospital wing last year for their baby. james franco should apologize for those comments. that was out of line and you pretty much hurt that teacher's career. he don't deserve the hate. a teacher should NOT be penalized for doing his job.

one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry

Re: James Franco [mega-merged]

I can't wait to see this Interior Leather Bar movie!. The Great and Powerful Oz looks really good too. It looks dark for a Disney movie. James looks sexy as ever and I'm glad to see him starring in this one.